Global Tag League

The Global Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by Pro Wrestling Noah. It was created in 2008.

The Global Tag League is held under a points system, with two points for a win, one for a time limit draw and none for any other kind of a draw or a loss. The team finishing atop the points standings are the winners. Matches in the Global Tag League have a 30-minute time limit, which is the same as matches for Noah's GHC Tag Team Championship.

In the below results, (C) signifies the GHC Tag Team Champions at the time of each tournament.

The 2008 Global Tag League featured nine teams, and was held from March 29 to April 27.

The 2009 Global Tag League featured eight teams, and was held from April 11 to May 6.

The 2010 Global Tag League ran from January 9 through January 24. It was the first edition of the Global Tag League featuring a block system, with eight teams in two blocks of four. The top finishing teams from each block met in the final.

The 2011 Global Tag League ran from April 16 to April 29 in the tournament's original round-robin format.

The 2012 Global Tag League ran from April 11 to April 29 in the tournament's original round-robin format.

The 2013 Global Tag League ran from April 13 through April 28. The 2013 edition was only the second to feature two blocks of teams; each consisting of five, with the top teams from each block meeting in the final.Naomichi Marufuji was sidelined with a knee injury on April 14 after his and Takashi Sugiura's first match, a win over Shinya Ishikawa and Yoshihito Sasaki, had already taken place. On April 17, Noah announced that Atsushi Kotoge would replace Marufuji in the tournament, but instead of inheriting Marufuji's and Sugiura's points, they would start at zero points and face Ishikawa and Sasaki in a new match.

The 2014 Global Tag League ran from April 12 through April 27.

The 2015 Global Tag League ran from April 19 through May 4.Takeshi Morishima was scheduled to enter the tournament, but was forced to pull out due to injury and was replaced by Super Crazy.

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